The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-15
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVE LOGAN.
She Is Tired Of Washington and Will Go to
Europe for the Summer.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE winter has been a
century long" said Olive Logan, as she sat in
her room at the Fifth avenue Hotel, last Friday
a number of substantial trunks about her packed
for their voyage by the City of Chester the next
day. Mrs. Sykes, she is known in private
life, is pleasant-faced genial-lookine woman.
as bright and CHEEKY in her talk Sd rs clever
with her ready pen. Tall and full-forMed. with
hair that Is beginning to grow white now, her
features are strongly marked and expressive.
and her voice has much of the freshness and
quick interest of girl II never knew
SON." she went on. that seemed to nearly
endless before"
Then you must have been where you did not
wish 20 be''
Eyes and no, BOTH" she replied. "When
went to Washington, a year ago, [ meant to
make it my permanent home. l went to a good
deal of trouble and expense in getting under one
roof my pictures, my art treasures and the
curios collected in wandering about the world.
1 settled them and myself in peace and cosiness,
and was even vain enough to reckon myself
among the resident literatl of the capital
sAnd years experience of Washington life
has led you to change your plansP
'.No, not anything in Washington itself: it
was the death of General Logan that altered
all He was my relative and had seemed to me
almost like brother. Then. beside my
at my own loss. have been much with Mrs.
Logan and she, in her grief and widowhood,
has been occupied with the selection of site
for the tomb. It has been like that line in
Shakespeare. Come, let us talk of graves His
death was the breaking up of the ideal Amer
lean home, and it was pitiful to see. am glad
to go away for time"
''Then you are not going as some of the
papers have said, to reside abroadl"
mo; that is do not expect to row. L am a
free lance, you know. and feel at liberty to go
wherever will. It is thirty years since
made my first trip across. T was a young girl
then, and have spent the major part of my
time since on the other side. should not like
to feel that could not see the green lanes of
England again whenever my eyes craved them,
but it is home here after all. American
mers are too hot, but shall come back in the
fall"
s.And what are your plans for the outing7'
II shall so first to London and remain there
through next month for the Queens jubilee Is
it not worth while for q woman to go abroad to
at the head of great peoplel From London 1
shall go to Paris and then to Carlsbad, where
everybody congregates for week or two in warm
weather. am not an invalid, exactly" and she
laughed she pinched her firm. vigorous flesh,
and don't need to drink the waters But have
taken the Rhine trip and been to Ems and Wies-
baden and shall have look at Carlsbad next.
When the Yachting season begins [ shall go to
Cowes, and suppose the shooting season will find
me in Scotland"
"A pleasurable iaunt, it would seemD
Yes, and with work in it. too | should be
uneasy. after so many years Of work. without
plenty to do have novel in hand that want
to get ready for the press Then | shall write
monthly letter for Bachelors newspaper syndi-
cate and keep up weekly contribution to his
woman's news department. / want to give
American women some pictures of their English
cousins. you know. I to be the English
agent for Mrs. Jenuess Miller's new dress-reform
magazine. Dress, and, writing in three Ian
guages. I can't find myself at loss for some
attached woman, but 1t leaves one free. and
with pen in hand it is easil, possible to find
place and an occupation anywhere. l left my
son abroad, and shall be glad to join him, of
course"
.'Shall you return to Washington IN the fall9"
II look forward TO spending next winter in
Florida. Old John Bull has given touch OF
bronchitis. and then / want to see the orange
groves No, am not going back to Washing
ton, at least not very soon"
.'Everybo body drifts here and have been among
the float once or twice before. Washington 10
not good place in which to try to do any per-
rnanent literary work. You are drawn IN to the
society whirl that demands visiting list
two or three times long your
arm whether you will or no.
Much of it is, Of course, very pleasant but it
does take up ones time. Ii you obstinately try
to keep out Of it, there Is not much else 10
fall back upon. The literary and art element is
growing, but it hasn't attained any very high
stature yet. Washington is bound l suppose
to be a real capital but it will take il some time
to reach the height of its ambition. But l am
not planning very far ahead. It is of the
few pleasures. as | said. of solitary ndepend-
ence that You can come and go as you please.
All that l doing Is saying good bye to
America and hoping for a comfortable voyage"
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN.